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Show THE GLOBE-HEADE- PAYSON. UTAH R. i fox terrier as likely to give the aior satisfaction. When Seth had depart' ad next morning Ada found, to bei THEVWANTEDADOG astonishment, that she had become almost as eager as her husband. Shf paced the floor nervously in the inter vals between her duties, and once sh But Got a Baby Which Beats caught herself in the act of polishing the chairs, as though some human the Best Canine visitor were expected. "I wondei what sort of dog Seth will bring back i. Living. with him," she mused. And when at length Seth stood at By C. B. CRAWFORD. the door, dejected and dogless, a great They were a lonely old couple. discontent settled upon her. Seth Earl wan sixty and his wife, "Couldnt you find a single dog that If they had had chil- would Ada, suit, Seth?" she snapped out. dren living they could have faced the "Couldn't get near em, her husfuture more hopefully. Hut the lone- band answered "I apologetically. liness that had always encompassed found the all right, but the society, them since their only boy, Arthur, woman wouldnt let me In had died in babyhood, seemed to be No, nor secretary even finish what I had begun closing in around tlientnore tightly to sa. 1 hadn't got the word 'adopt' from day to day, like a tangible thing. out of my mouth before she asked me They owned their house in the vil- if 1 wfe married. Married 30 years, lage and Earl's pension from the cor- I answered, 30 years, ma'am, and tc poration that had employed him for the best woman Then bring youi 30 years, small though it was, pro- wife along,' she said. We dont have vided them with the necessities of dealings with men."' life. Since Earl had retired he had "You nean to say they take all that mooned aimlessly about the garden trouble about a dog?" inquired hie plot, lie had always looktd forward wife. You'd think it might be babiei to hlB long holiday, to a life of leis- they were giving away instead ol ured ease, and now- life seemed to dogs. reckon, she added thoughtoffer nothing. fully, she must be one of those sufOnce, five years before, they had fragettes." discussed adopting a child. Hut Seth Well, I suppose we'll just have tc had never returned to the subject. give up thinking about a dog, anThe look upon his wife's face har- swered her husband gloomily. rowed him, and he knew that no Now. isn't that Just like you, child could ever take the place of Seth!" replied his wife. The motheir little boy whose photograph was ment a trifle happens to upset your the only picture in the neat little par- plans you want to give up. You lor. ' promised me a dog and a dog I'm go"I guess Im too old to start curing ing to have." for a child now, Seth," said his wife. Seth Icoked at his variable wife In HeBldes, wed be in our graves, as amazement. "Hut I thought you like as not, before it was grown old didn't like the Idea of getting a dog enough to shift for Itself. Ada. he said. Both of them had always been I old and I didn't. When you first somewhat afraid of life, and both spoke about getting a dog naturally shrank from new enterprises. The I was scared a little. But I've been narrow round of their days had be- thinking it over since and O, Seth, come a rut along which they traveled I want a deg as much as you ano aimlessly. more," she sobbed. If only I had something, if only a Her husband drew her to him ten That would derly. Her old gray head rested ftpon dog, he said to himself. be company. He'd come to wake me his shoulder. He knew it was the mornings, barking and wagging his instinct of motherhood within her that tail, and then what walks wed have had provoked her grief. At last she together. Well, why not? Why dabbed her handkerchief to her eye shouldn't I have a dog? Other men and smiled at him. have one. Ada, dear, going o have As he expected, Ada offered strong your dog.inyand theyou're finest in the land," But he said, "even if It takeB the last penopposition to the suggestion. Seth was insistent over his tremen- ny of our savings. dous plan,, and gradually his enthusiBut its not going to cost a penny, asm won his wife oyer. she answered. Because Im Seth, He'd muM.vpw-BMihpuse and going into tow tojnorrow mndjwnd scratch things, she PBffUWicnS Seth Earl put his wife aboard uie train next morning. He was to do the housework that day, while she was gone upon their errand. And as the hours rolled by he, too, was over taken by the Eame impatience that had overcome his wife on the preceding day, and he, too, found himself dusting the furniture and straightening the chairs as though a human occupant were expected. And when at last he heard a tinkle at the bell he could hardly open the door, he felt so fifty-fiv- A Good Place To come to when- you need a Watch, Jewelry. Silver or an expert piece of repairing. - AMT LAMB CJ nr. UTAH e. - 1 A POSITIVE ud CURE FOR Liquor and Drug Addictions lhab MELISSA WOULD NOT JOIN THK ARMY. to be a very nice sort cf a man," remarked Mra. Merrlwld's maternal maiden aunt Jane, "and as the wife of an army officer you would have a certain social position, you know. I'm not sure that 1 dislike the He aeema idea, Melissa.'' 1 suppose its worth considering," said Mrs. Merriwld, reflectively, lie looks very well in his uniform, too. especially the full dress one. At the same time, sweetheart, I might get a colonel on the governor's staff, If 1 gave my mind to it, and have something that was sure enough prismatic with ostrich feathers thrown in and none of the disadvantages of the military career. And a governor's colonel or a Uniform Rank Potentate of Pocatello can be a bank president or a successful soap manufacturer In private life, which also gives s certain social position and allows one to keep a hired girl and some shreds of reputation." I don't think I quite understand that last allusion, my dear." said Aunt Jane. "Thats because you had that attack of neuralgia and couldn't go to the Post with me, explained Mrs. Merri-miYou see, dearie, we uf the army are one big family and we know one another and our little fallings only too well. When one of us army women meets another armor woman, the two of ua discuss the jbarryings-o- n of the rest of us with family freedom. That's one of the tages of army life. Of cou army men know each other d. I ose martial tramping squadrons and embattled hosts and another to face a Justly indignant woman at two oclock in the morning with a breath of something more than suspicion. After all, they are our nation's defenders," urged Aunt Jane. True, dearie," assented Mrs. Merri wld. There's the glory part of It to consider. It would certainly be grand to have a hero husband Idollxed by his grateful countrymen. The only drawback to that sort of thing Is that as soon as the grateful country-merun out of bouquets, they Instinctively turn to the nearest pile of bricks. Theyve got to be throwing something. And then, you may only get a part of your back. If 1 truly loved Captain It would be a great shock to me to find only about thirty-threand per cent, of him left after the cruel war was over. say 1 wouldn't be proud of his remnants, but 1 should always feel there was something wanting, even If it were merely a leg. "Another thing a prudent person will duly ponder before marrying Into the army Is the danger of our Island possessions," continued Mrs. MerThere's always riwld, thoughtfully. a chance that her hero may be sent to the Philippines and come back with a I don't care how deranged liver. bronzed and bearded and interesting he may look or how many honorable scars and medals of honor he's got, If his liver doesn't work the way it ought, a cloud of bilious gloom will descend upon the borne and be lifted nevermore. Still ghat's only a risk hero-husban- d Man-licke- r, e "T'-don'- t ftrgtisrMste; pnntaly STITUTE iJIdta, M Selim, laiiw W. Swrih Ol'K lwlJ a THE KEELEY INLaka City tam. iihUrm SM Taapi Stoat. Salt 1.ATKHT ILLlSTKAT-H- U K I )l It ilia CATAl.lMiUK. how tv irai-- barber trade la . Call or writ MOLED BARBER COLLEGE HALT LAKK CITY Street Hri-kN- IS Comuu-n-ia- l BINK8 FOUND HIS HAT. But He Had Forgotten That it was Securely Anchored. Flushed and breathleas, ' young Dinks at last succeeded In picking up the hat, blown by the wind, which he had been chasing vigorously along the street, and with a sigh of relief, leaned up against a lamp post and, panting pitifully, tried to recover some of his exhausted energies. Just then another man, also breathless, came running up, and, taking the hat from Dinks' hand, remarked: "1 am very much obliged to yAi, air." "For what?" "Well, this is my hat! said the stranger, Biniling. Your hat! Then where's mine?" gasped Dinks. "Oh, yours is hanging behind you at the end of a Rtring! llttsburg Chronicle Telegraph. False Evidence. John E. Wilkie, famous for the way he has handled mystery cases, has learned the value of real clews and the discouragement attendant upon following bad ones. When you follow false evidence, he explains, you are like a little hoy who came down to breakfast one morning and said: "Mother, I think Ive got the jJUck-e- n pox. I found a feather in my bed this morning." Los Angeles Herald. What She Could Do. Arthur was spending a day with his aunt. I am going to do something to she please you on your birthday, said to the little boy, "but first I want to ask the teacher how you behave at school." "If you really want to do something to please ine, auntie, said the hoy, don't ask the teacher." Ltppia-cott'- s. shaken. Ada stood at the door, a basket In her arms, and Jier eyes were bright with happiness, and the look on her face was almost like that she had worn on their wedding day. She entered and set the basket down. Let me see him, cried Seth, as she began to unfasten the blanket that covered Is It a Ada? It must be a puppy. He jumped as a child's feeble wall came to his ears and looked at his wife In terror as, with motherly fingers, Bhe pinned back the coverings, disclosing a fine baby boy. You goose," said Ada softly. "That was the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children you sent me to. when I saw the babies lying in And "This Beats the Best Dog Living. heir little cots all in a row I wanted If you've set your heart on a dog 1 to take them all and and " I wish you had, dear, answered suppose you must have one. Dut This beats whered you get a dog, Seth? A good her husband ecstatically. dog would cost $20 and we haven't tlje best dog living. a dollar to spare. Nobody we know (Copyright. 1913. by W. O. Chapin An.) has dogs to give away leastways, London and Its Lumber. not good dogs. Ixrndon Is the moBt conservative "O, yes, we can get a dog, anThe Society city In Europe, if not in the world swered Seth promptly. for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- It loves Its lumber. You may still mals has dogs to give away. 1 was see those notices attached to lamp reading something about it In the posts which announce Standing for paper yesterday. It says they pick Four Hackney Carriages. or whatup stray dogs that nobody wants, and ever the number may be, though for lost dogs that no one claims, or that ten years (In one case, to ray own have get tunned adrift, and give them knowledge, for 25) no vehicles of any away to anybody that will guarantee kind have stood there. Perhaps II them a good home. Ada." he contin- Is as well that these relics should ued firmly, "I'm going Into town to- remain: they are a tiny part of our morrow to see that society, and I'm social hlBtory. They will probably remain when we are flying to dinner or coming home with a dpg." . By that "Well, 1 suppose ne can eat the the theater in what hackknow scraps," said his wife grudgingly. The time people won't imminence of the event startled al- ney carriage meant, and there will Notes and most terrified her, but her husband's be discussions In the eagerness quenched all further objec- Queries of the period. For each gentions on her part. She even began eration hands down to the next cer to picture their neat little home with tain nuts to crack. London Chronl cle. its new occupant. "I hope he won't be a noisy, Like the Rest of Mankind. dog, Seth," she said. "And don't you get one that's going to "Well, Harry," said the visitor, playbark all night, unless there's burglars fully, what are you doing for a livround. And xnlnd he isn't a biting ing now? "Why," replied the lit.! fiilow. vol dog manner all discussed of dogs emnly, I do just the i'I.i- . They that night and finally settled upon a do I eat." It. A j dear, listen to this, and tell what you make of It!" exclaimed the elderly English lady to her husband, on her first visit to the states. She held the hotel menu almost at arm's length, and spoke In a tone of My me He Looks Very Well in Hie Uniform. Too." fox-terrie- r, omnl-aeros- Cannibals Dish. it being men, they are naturally The real obstacles to my union with the gallant captain lire unavoidable." What are they?" inquired Aunt larltablo and even generous to each her. If one Is promoted, the other e all tickled to pieces about It and lmlt that he richly deserved It If )u speak of any officer who Is to have distinguished himself la the chorua of admiration way, ly iat arises from his brother officers ould warm the cockles of your heart especially If the distinguished one ippens to be a volunteer who never Yes. iw the inside of West PolnL and Sill at Fort be us of line may :hers at Fort Sheridan and some at ashlngton and some at Mlnandao, it we are all one big family." Of course human nature Is huiqan iture anywhere," said Aunt Jane. But 1 think it's a little more so the army, opined Mra. Merriwld; lort of concentrated and narrowed swn. Of course it's a gay life with s bugles and Ita colors flying and s marching and countermarching, 's perfectly lovely to see a thousand igs with but a single movement Into hollow aquaree and columns id things when their gallant leader I Harrunphl iys, 'Hunh!' and onder if Captain Manllcker would i any hunhing and harrunphing L round the house? "It's unlikely, I should say," Aunt Jane. I'd show him som irolutions If he did," lerriwid. "I would b ling in the nature of i movemen ith a ynainite; but some o: meet breasted, turke: mpin.rs in flie army and epbra In the 1 alls and crawl stairs in' their stock ng feet when arrive home aftcu hours. I'm eo. at least. ITs oqe thing to or sup-we- d -- i for-iln- oh-jrve- fli-n- k g d horror. Baked Indian pudding! Can It be possible In a civilized country? Youth's Companion. Jane. The Chicken Was There. One morning Jenkins looked over his garden wall and said to his neighBut bor: lance, replied Mrs. Merriwld. that wouldn't be so bad as having to "Hey, what are you burying In that put up with a femme de chambre hole?" with a red mustache who chewed toOh," he said, I'm Just replanting bacco and drank whisky and was or some of iny seeds; thats all." lglnally engaged for plain, manly "Seeds! shouted Jenkins angrily. butchery. That would certainly Jar looks more like one of my hens. It me, concluded Mrs. Merriwld. "That's all right The seeds are (Copyright, HIS. by W. Q. Chapman.) inside." first place, I'd have to accustom myself to riding In an ambuIn the New Lead less Storage Battery, A Swedish inventor has put on th English market a new type of alka- line storage cell. The plates consist of Inactive retainers which are loaded with active material, oxyhydrate of nickel mixed with graphite In th positives and finely divided alloy of iron and cadmium and certain othei substances In the negatives. This new cell much resembles the Edison cel.' not only in the electrochemical reac tion employed, but in the fact that extreme Ingenuity Is employed In the to obtain mechanical construction high space and weight efficiency and durability. About Umbrellas. Eyeglass wearers have long since complained that people are careless with umbrellas. Many pairs of glasses have been knocked off and broken by persons who selfishly refuse to move an umbrella so as to allow other people to easily pass. A few even persist in dangerously spinning an umbrella along a crowded street, endangering the glasses and sometimes eyes of passing walkers. They Were False. attended an old lady from Scotland who had caught a severe cold. "Bid your teeth chatter when you felt the chill coming over you? asked the doctor. "1 dinna ken, doctor; they were lying on the table!" was the pleasant reply. A doctor Beginning at Home. What do tl4 suffragettes want, anyhow?" "We want to sweep the country, dad. Well, do not despise small beginnings. Suppose you make a start with the dining room, my dear." Ixmisvllle Ccurier-Journal. A Manly Man. . Doesn't It humiliate you to hare to go through life this way?" asked tne sympathetic woman, as she purchased a photograph. Yea, ma'am, replied the bearded If It waan't for the wife and lady. the kids Id throw up the Job today. Cincinnati Enquirer. |
